Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancoleme.com) | |
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:38:03 -0700 (PDT) |
if people are going to be making contributions to help their neighbors (which seems like a fine idea), shouldn’t there be a way to obtain a tax advantage as well (to create some sort of charitable fund?) Has any community done this? liz Liz Ryan Cole lizryancole [at] me.com Pinnacle Cohousing at Loch Lyme Lodge Lyme, NH Home 802.785.4124 On Oct 23, 2017, at 9:31 AM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Shawn Barber via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] > cohousing.org> wrote: > After our recent reserve study, we found that our current savings amount does > not meet our expected reserve needs. Thus the request to raise dues to fix > the problem. Some in our community are on tight budgets, so the topic of a > relief fund came up. Our solution was to create a fund that those who can and > want to could pay into; knowing that it was going to help a struggling > neighbor and keep us meeting the reserve funding goal. The structure of the > plan was to continue with the current model of requesting aid from the > treasurer, but the fund would be in place so that the person would not be > expected to pay shortfalls back. The idea of some contributing more works as long as the contributions are relatively anonymous or at least not praised. And those receiving do not expect the gifts to become permanent. Otherwise you can easily create an environment of noblesse oblige. One that is permanent, not just for a crisis. Private loans between households with the help of the treasurer or the finance team, whoever has the mort expertise is one option. It could be up the lender to forgive loans. But this way, instead an outright gift to whomever, it is a specific private arrangement. This is much less likely to raise feelings of obligation or entitlement. Another option that hasn’t been discussed is to place a lien on the unit for skipped or reduced monthly fees so when the unit is sold, the money comes back to the community. This amount can include interest and legal fees. A limit would have to be placed on the number of units that can do this in what period of time. If a community can afford to do this, take the fees from the proceeds of the ultimate sale, it may be a good way to make affordable units possible. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
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Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 20 2017
- Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Katie Henry, October 20 2017
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Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Shawn Barber, October 22 2017
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Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 23 2017
- Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Liz Ryan Cole, October 23 2017
- Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 23 2017
- Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 23 2017
- Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Rodney Elin, October 23 2017
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Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 23 2017
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Re: a slush fund for temporary financial relief Sharon Villines, October 20 2017
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